Hey PreKPals and Families-
Sorry to be late with the blog! We’ve had a full weekend of cutting limbs from trees around our house and when you live in the middle of a forest, it takes quite a bit of time! This week we will be focusing on getting ready to go to kindergarten! We took a tour of all 5 kindergarten rooms on Thursday of last week. We found lots of things that are the same as in our PreK room! That made everyone feel better! You will get to tour at least one kindergarten room on Thursday with your PreKPal at the Kindergarten breakfast! Then we cannot wait to see you Thursday for our PreKPals Celebration! This is going to be a busy week!
There is no dress requirement for the PreK Celebration or Kindergarten Breakfast. They can just wear whatever cute outfit you’d like for them to wear.
If you did not turn in your child’s permission slip for Spring Fling on Friday, May 20th, please do so tomorrow!
Find your 5 snacks, water bottle WITH A VALVE (NO OPEN POUR BOTTLES), Robot Binder, nap mat and backpack. Please remember that PreKPals only need to bring water in their water bottles. No juice, tea, sodas, milk or other beverages.
NEW Updated Dates:
May
19: Kindergarten Breakfast & PreK Celebration (We do not graduate at RQES, but we do have a celebration! We have it on the same day as kinder b’fast so that parents only have to take off one day of work and can attend both events!) The Breakfast will be in the morning around 9 am and the PreK Celebration will be at 12:30 or 1:00. I will have to check the times.
20: Spring Fling
25-26: Half Day Dismissal (PreKPals will be dismissed at 11:15 at the PreK doors)
26: Last Day of PreK
NEW Links:
PreK Celebration Songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCrs4YINVtA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4fI7Ik2rwY
Here’s the link in case you want to have caterpillars at home.
Butterfly Garden With Live Cup of Caterpillars ® – Insect Lore
PreK Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NIMKDO4OUN7A?ref_=wl_share
Let’s Learn to TIE OUR SHOES!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm5ItoIJ4sg
PreK Jacket flip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73qom9IueV8
PLEASE send jackets that button or zip to school. NOT over the head sweatshirts (Unless your child can take it off and put it on INDEPENDENTLY! It takes a LOT of time for 2 teachers to get 18 wiggly students in and out and in and out of sweatshirts.) The PreK Jacket Flip only works with jackets that are open front.
Learn to cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT3PCQTBdeM
A great resource for letters and sounds is the Letter Factory by Leap Pad. You can find them all on YouTube or in DVD’s. All of the Leap Pad videos are great and the songs stick in your head! Here’s a link for you to use at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ID9ucqKtsE&list=PLC5F928D32C3E270D&index=2
Have a great week! Alicia